{"site":"irs.gov","task":"gov_civic.check_tax_refund","available":true,"recipe":{"uri":"recipe://gov_civic.check_tax_refund/irs-refunds/v1","version":1,"status":"active","agent_class":"browser_agent_user_present","summary":"Open the official IRS refund page, explain required inputs, and keep the user present for any taxpayer identifier entry.","steps":[{"order":1,"instruction":"Open the official public source page and verify the current task path before acting.","evidence_gate":"Source URL, page title, and task-specific branch are captured."},{"order":2,"instruction":"Enter the task surface only after matching the user's goal to the documented path.","evidence_gate":"Required identity, payment, policy, or JavaScript gate is visible."},{"order":3,"instruction":"Stop at any irreversible, paid, or account-mutating step until the user approves.","evidence_gate":"Final-state language and user approval are captured."}],"guards":["Do not store taxpayer identifiers beyond the active task need.","Use the no-sign-in tracker only with the user present.","Stop if an anti-bot or identity gate appears."],"success_signals":["Official tracker reached","Required inputs listed","Refund status captured by user-present session"],"expires_at":"2026-06-10T01:51:46.441Z"},"known_blockers":["captcha","bot_blocked"],"confidence":{"score":0.27,"level":"low","sample_size":2,"rationale":"Confidence reflects 0.7 effective weight, Wilson bounds 0.053383-0.971278, and Beta posterior mean 0.520741."},"freshness":{"updated_at":"2026-06-09T01:51:46.441Z","age_days":0,"status":"fresh","rationale":"Latest evidence is 0 days old."},"evidence":{"sample_size":2,"source_tiers":["public_web_observation"],"evidence_ids":["public-irs-refunds","public-irs-wheres-my-refund"],"latest_evidence_id":"public-irs-wheres-my-refund","notes":["IRS publishes a no-sign-in refund tracker path, but status lookup requires sensitive taxpayer identifiers and may apply anti-bot checks.","Source: https://www.irs.gov/refunds","Source: https://sa.www4.irs.gov/wmr/"]},"trust":{"score":0.32,"level":"low","reporter_count":0,"deduplicated_evidence_count":0,"quarantined_count":0,"rationale":"Low-trust public web observation from official or public task documentation; treat as directional until measured agent runs arrive."},"recommended_actions":[{"priority":"high","actor":"agent","action":"Treat IRS refund lookup as user-present despite the public no-login tracker.","expected_impact":"Keeps sensitive taxpayer data out of unattended agent collection."},{"priority":"high","actor":"agent","action":"Avoid autonomous execution and request user-present browser mode.","expected_impact":"Prevents the agent from burning retries against access-control friction."}]}